202 Wn.Ms, flora of V$Mrfc W SfUNt •lurftroJw t Vfl,^ 1 



According to rhe. Fnteruatioual Code 01 Nomenclature, the common Fire 

 weed Groundsel may uo longer bear the name Sawdo dryddfu.? or A AfttfJftftit. 

 The former binomial was adopted by Ewart I Flora t-'ict. 1 176 { 1930) ] 

 and attributed to Sieber. but jSicbef never published a description to accom- 

 pany this herbarium name — Sprengel ( 1&?6>, Richard (l&H). De Candolle 

 [lQ$j J, D. HooIcct [iS5fii and L Rod way (1903) ail cite "T dryadvts 

 Sieb.*' in synonymy under .S. intstwiis, The hrst description validating 5*. 

 dryodeiis would seem to be th;it of F Mueller [Krv ftfiB IfiVf Pltaits I . 

 33B (1888)], aiKl thereafter this nam* was taken up by Moore & Bttehe 

 (18V3), BUck (10J9) And F.war? (1930) ; bat it bad already been rendered 

 superfluous by the existence of several rogf ttanit? refernng to the same 

 Uxon y, uushaiix VVilld. (1803) is, generally conceded as referable 1o one 

 of the forms of St hm-tux Forst. e\ Willd. from Mew Zealand, and not in ilir 

 Kireweed Groundsel of south-eastern Australia; so Sprengef, Richard, De 

 Candoile. etc were not justilW in ^noting 5*. diyadeus as ft synonym of this 

 piairt 



What name, then, should he allied to Sieber's "5, dryad™.*" <a duplicate 

 specimen of which is in Melbourne Herbarium — PL lixs. Nov. Holt. No. 

 $71? Si U»^trifoHns, published by A. Richard in 1SJ4 (EjJ ) undoubtedly 

 refers to»llie .-:ame entity arfti is apparently the earliest available name; it wa> 

 fciwcd upon a (riant having quite glabrous, denticulate and aurieulate leaves. 

 and hairy youngr achenes. J>\ vntcrarwidas A. Rich,. published sinut'umeously. 

 differed (but not specifically) in its entire, noivaurieulate leaves with white 

 cottony indumentum otl the under-surfuees. and glabrous ac hones, but tftffe 

 name was antedated by S. cin<rrnrir>iHct H„ E. & K., and is therefore illegiti- 

 mate Even iu Victoria, 6\ Hnearifufiits varies considerably in its degree of 

 hairiness, development 6t leaf-teeth and basal auricles, so much so that E find 

 it impracticable to recognize any very clear-cut varieties. The $. fiersiciftflius 

 A. Rich, is a form having: more boldly-toothed leaves, whitish beneath, and 

 wa> distinguished by Bentbnm as "S. dti&trafif, var, wticodo-ntus" — based on 

 .S. tMfH/tffittJUX DC. (18J8). 



WHAT, WHERE AMD WHEN 

 F.N.C.V. fxcunicrts; 



Sunday, March 24— Parlour*coach c\*cur»ion :o Lai Lai and Moorabool Falls. 



Leader Ml R Mcmtny, Coach ta&y&S B&tftrltll Avenue 9 am. Fyro, 22/- 



BHng tv>\» meals. Bookings with lixcUra-ion Secretary, 

 Sunday. MArv.li 31 — Botany Croup excursion to Kalorama Take 9.15 am, 



tram to Croydon, then hwS to Five Ways, Ko.lorama. Leader: Mr. B 



Jcrmtsctt. Hriiu/ one meal and a snaek. 

 Snnday, AprR 7 — Geomgy UrOLO. cxeursiun to ftaleombc Bay, Momrngtop 



Travel detail- at Group Meeting. 



Grotfp Me*ti*9t; 



(8 p.m. at National Herbarium) 

 Wednesday, March 20— Microscopical Group. 

 Wednesday, Maich 21 — Botany Group 

 Wednesday, April 3 — Geology Groups Subject. Fossils of Balcombe Buy, 



Morningtou. Speaker; Mr, Nielsen- 

 Monday, April 1 — Murine Biol'^y and l--nt" , »nu>logy Gronp *t Farliament 



House, Meet 8 p.m. at private entrance at south end of Parliament Hc'iisc. 



Prelrminary NoHce: 



R;a>tcr. Thurf-day, April IU, to Monday, April 22 — Excursion to Dtmboola 

 ujiiler the l^tflKRlip of (he Wimmera F.N.C- Tram leaves Spencer Street 

 at S p.m. Fare. M/2/fi (second return) 



Wahjk Au.knokx, Kxcutmcbi Secretary 



1° Ha wl horn AWOUC. CaufnefrJ 



